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Two militants killed in northern Algeria in counter-terrorism operation

Xinhua, October 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

Algerian defense ministry said on Friday that its counter-terrorism troops killed two militants 100 km southeast of the capital Algiers, as part of the ongoing operation.

The two militants were killed in Azeffoun, on the northern part of Tizi Ouzou province, while two Kalashnikov machine guns were retrieved, the ministry said, adding that the counter-terrorism operation is still underway.

On Thursday, army troops killed a terrorist in the dense forests of Boumerdes province, near Tizi Ouzou. The terrorist was on the wanted list for joining terrorist fiefs in 1994.

A few militants affiliated to al-Qaida in the Maghreb region and Islamic State (IS) affiliate group of Caliphate Soldiers are still taking refuge in the woods of Tizi Ouzou and its adjacent provinces east of Algiers.

Located in a region plagued by unprecedented security and political instability, Algeria faces ongoing terrorist threats. Endit